McPherson County Community Foundation

What McPherson County Community Foundation does

McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF) is a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2001 and headquartered in McPherson, Kansas, serving donors, nonprofit organizations, students, and community partners throughout McPherson County. It is confirmed in compliance with the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations and operates within a single U.S. geography with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external equity ownership. The foundation's core activities are building and managing permanent charitable endowments through donor-advised funds, field-of-interest funds, agency and designated funds, and scholarship funds; administering grants to local nonprofits; and running community-wide giving and engagement programs including the annual Match Month event (record $380,000 raised in 2022) and the GIVE 365 collective giving program.

The underlying technology is a third-party community-foundation ERP (FCSuite by Foundational Systems / fcsuite.com) that handles fund accounting, gift processing, grant administration, and financial reporting for fundholders and nonprofits via online portals. MCCF also operates an online grant application portal and a scholarship application portal; internal content and digital engagement run on the foundation's own WordPress-based website (mcphersonfoundation.org) with email, social media (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram), and video channels. The technology stack is standard for the community-foundation sector and not differentiated by proprietary or AI-driven capabilities.

The revenue/economics model is nonprofit in structure and operates on three intertwined inflows: (1) administrative and fund-management fees charged to fundholders for ongoing fund stewardship (schedule not publicly disclosed), (2) donor contributions from individuals, families, and corporations establishing or contributing to funds, and (3) long-term investment returns on pooled endowment assets, which fund grantmaking while preserving principal. The foundation earns additional income through successful matching-grant programs (e.g., $300,000 from the Kansas Health Foundation's GROW II Challenge, 2012-2017) and special event proceeds. Customer segments are individual donors and families, nonprofit organizations (its largest institutional partner being McPherson Healthcare Foundation holding 15 funds), students pursuing post-secondary and trade education, professional advisors (attorneys, accountants, financial advisors), and community/health coalitions.

Name

McPherson County Community Foundation

Legal name

McPherson County Community Foundation

Website

https://mcphersonfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

McPherson County Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity in Kansas that manages charitable endowments, donor-advised funds, scholarships, and grants for nonprofits, donors, and students in McPherson County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Foundation and Endowment Management

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC), Philanthropy & Foundations Advisory (Donor-Advised Funds, Endowments) (FSAAABAH)

Keywords

• Community foundation services
• Charitable endowment management
• Donor-advised funds
• Community grantmaking programs
• Scholarship administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Mcpherson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Endowment Management and Administrative Fees: The foundation manages charitable funds for donors and organizations, charging administrative fees for fund management, gift processing, grant administration, and financial reporting services. Fee schedule is available for fundholders.
2. Donor Contributions and Gifts: Receives charitable donations from individuals, families, and corporations to establish donor-advised funds, field-of-interest funds, designated funds, agency funds, and scholarship funds.
3. Investment Returns on Endowments: Long-term investment of capital given by individuals, organizations, and corporations generates returns that support grantmaking activities while preserving principal.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

McPherson County Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that manages charitable endowments and administers donor funds, grants, and scholarships for McPherson County, Kansas. The foundation offers multiple fund types (donor-advised, field-of-interest, designated, agency, and scholarship funds) and runs community giving programs such as Match Month and GIVE 365. It also coordinates local community initiatives including suicide prevention, child care task force, and VITA tax assistance.

Product overview

McPherson County Community Foundation is a regional charitable organization, not a technology company. It does not offer a unified software product or platform-plus-modules architecture. Its offerings consist entirely of charitable giving programs and services: donor-advised funds, field-of-interest funds, designated/agency funds, and scholarship funds allow donors to build permanent endowments supporting community causes. Grant programs distribute funds to nonprofits, while Match Month and GIVE 365 are community-wide giving events that leverage matching dollars to build endowments. The Foundation also operates community initiatives including child care, suicide prevention, and VITA programs. An online fund management system and grant application portal provide digital access to these services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Donor-Advised Funds
• Field of Interest Funds
• Agency and Designated Funds
• Scholarship Funds
• Grant Programs
• Match Month
• GIVE 365
• Community Initiatives

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations receiving match funds can build endowments that provide permanent resources for programs and operations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• PYLE LAWminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership with PYLE LAW and Tom & Liz Pyle to offer two trade-based scholarships: Edwin T. Pyle Scholarship and Max L. Starkey Scholarship for students pursuing vocational education at technical/trade schools.
• McPherson Public SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partner in suicide prevention initiative presenting 'The S Word' documentary at McPherson Community Building. Also partners with Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Essdack, and ESSDACK McPherson County Learning Center.
• Music On SiteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Opera company partnership to present 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' to McPherson County schools. Funding secured through Donor-Advised funds administered by MCCF. Performances took place at Smoky Valley Middle School, McPherson Opera House, Inman Elementary, and Moundridge Elementary.
• McPherson Healthcare FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015McPherson Healthcare Foundation transferred management of its funds to MCCF in 2015, gaining access to fund management, gift processing, grant administration, and financial reporting. Today the Healthcare Foundation holds 15 funds with MCCF including AED Endowment, Tobin Room Fund, and Healthcare Foundation Endowment. MCCF handles approximately 90% of their donations and processes grants typically within a week.
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of KansascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Community Coalition (now Well Core Group) became an officially recognized health coalition through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas. This designation opens doors to additional grant opportunities that can help turn ideas into projects benefiting communities across McPherson County.
• Moundridge Community FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate foundation that participated in GROW II Challenge. In 2017 awarded more than $22,000 in grants and has awarded total of $82,000 in grants since 2010. Match day funds totaling $60,000 have been awarded to Moundridge organizations.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Greater Salina Community Foundation: Community foundation serving Saline County, Kansas with comparable fund management, grantmaking, and scholarship programs. Closely aligned geographic and operational peer.
• Topeka Community Foundation: Kansas-based community foundation operating donor-advised funds, agency endowments, and competitive grant cycles. Comparable in mission and product offering, somewhat larger in scale.
• Hutchinson Community Foundation: Another Kansas-based community foundation serving a single county (Reno) with similar donor-advised funds, matching grant programs, and scholarship offerings. Directly comparable in scale, mission, and operating model.
• Greater Manhattan Community Foundation: Community foundation serving the Manhattan, Kansas region with endowment management, scholarships, and grantmaking. Similar model serving a college-town community in Kansas.

Broad incumbents

• Greater Kansas City Community Foundation: Major metropolitan community foundation in the Kansas City region with similar products and substantially larger AUM. Useful as a benchmark for scale and operating model maturity.
• Fidelity Charitable: Largest national donor-advised fund sponsor, representing the competitive context for community foundations like MCCF. Comparable donor-advised fund product but at vastly greater scale and with lower fees.
• Wichita Community Foundation: Larger Kansas-based community foundation offering donor-advised funds, agency funds, and grantmaking. Comparable in product set but with substantially greater assets and broader geographic reach.
• Kansas Health Foundation: Large statewide foundation that has provided matching grant capital to MCCF (GROW II Challenge). Comparable as a grantmaking intermediary with deeper statewide reach and resources.

Regional players

• Sunflower Foundation: Kansas-based health-focused foundation with statewide grantmaking. Provides a regional comparison point for MCCF's health-related grantmaking and Well Core Group coalition.

Others

• Council on Foundations: National membership organization for community foundations and other grantmakers. Provides the accreditation framework (National Standards) that MCCF complies with, and serves as an industry peer and resource.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CF_McPherson
• Facebookfacebook.com/McPhersonCountyCF
• Instagraminstagram.com/cf_mcpherson
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mcpherson-county-community-foundation

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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